Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 17, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 11 89 89 Osprey 8 71 71 Bald Eagle 7 48 48 Northern Harrier 20 157 157 Sharp-shinned Hawk 684 2933 2933 Cooper's Hawk 0 36 36 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 2890 6252 6252 Red-tailed Hawk 1 93 93 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 41 463 463 Merlin 4 42 42 Peregrine Falcon 0 9 9 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Mississippi Kite 0 1 1 Total: 3666 10195 10195 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:15:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 10.75 hours Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki Observers: Jim McCoy, Olga Klekner Visitors: About a dozen today including several regulars. Weather: Cloudy and cool in the morning with a light NNW wind that later changed to SSW in the afternoon with partial clearing. Raptor Observations: Another day of heavy Broad-wing movement in the mid-morning hours after which the S breeze pushed many inland. A few nice kettles of 200+ birds went by high overhead often disappearing and reappearing in the low cloud cover. Otherwise a steady movement of Sharp-shins along with Kestrels and Harriers. Towards the end of the count a juv. Broad-winged Hawk flew in and landed in one of the cottonwoods at the edge of the pond just E of the tower giving nice scope looks and photo opps. Non-raptor Observations: Not as many Warblers around today (only 6 sp.); other highlights included Black-billed Cuckoo and Lincoln's Sparrow. Predictions: Partly cloudy in the morning becoming cloudy in the afternoon with 60% chance of showers late in the afternoon. Wind west 20 km/hr in the afternoon. High of 23. Hopefully the afternoon rain will hold off for a decent flight. Also be sure to join us this weekend for HBMO's and ERCA's Festival of Hawks. Details are at: http://www.hbmo.org/Festival_of_Hawks_2009.pdf See you there! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jim Pawlicki (jmpawl...@aol.com) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ Directions to site: Entering Canada from Detroit at the Ambassador Bridge: After Canadian Customs, stay left 50 yards, passing over the railroad tracks. You are now on Huron Church Road leading to Highway 401 and Highway 3. Continue east 3.8 miles to the intersection with Todd and Cabana roads. Go through the intersection, staying to the right. In less than 100 yards the main road splits; 401 and 3 continue to the left as the main road and Huron Church narrows and angles to the right. Follow Huron Church right for 0.5 miles to Disputed Road. After angling a right turn onto Disputed Road, travel south. PLEASE OBEY SPEED LIMITS, they aer usually monitored. At 4 miles Disputed Road intersects with Townline Road, and the name changes to Concession 5. Continue south 5 miles and Concession 5 "T"'s with South Townline Road. Turn left and travel east 0.2 miles, turning right (south) onto Concession 6. Continue south for 3.4 miles to the intersection with Highway 20 at Malden Centre in the town of Amherstburg. There is a restaurant/convenience/gas store on the southeast corner of the intersection. Go through the intersection south onto Route 50 for 1.3 miles. The entrance to the Holiday Beach Conservation Area is on the right. Pay entry fee and continue to the Hawk Tower at the south end of the park. Park vehicle and walk to the tower. West bound on Routes 401 and 3 Howard Avenue, Route 9, intersects Routes 401 and 3 east of Windsor. Take Howard Avenue south to Highway 20 ("T"'s) and turn right (west) traveling (about 2 miles) to Malden Centre in the town of Amherstburg. A restaurant/convenience/gas store is on the left. Turn left (south) on to Route 50 for 1.3 miles; the entrance to HBCA is on the right. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
